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What we urgently need is a new mindset on climate changehttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/sep/16/climate-change-health
Worsening climate change means the world is facing 'a global health catastrophe' that will hit the poorest people on earth the hardest, the <a href="http://www.bmj.com" title="British Medical Journal">British Medical Journal</a> and the <a href="http://www.thelancet.com/" title="Lancet">Lancet</a> warn today. In an unusual move, the two journals simultaneously publish the same editorial calling for dramatic changes in policy and behaviour to greatly reduce carbon emissions. We reproduce it with the journals' kind permission.<p>Expectations are running high for the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen this December. But will we get the global commitment for radical cuts in carbon dioxide emissions that the world so urgently needs?</p><p>The scientific evidence that global temperatures are rising and that man is responsible has been widely accepted since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report in 2007. There is now equally wide consensus that we need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to at most 50% of 1990 levels by 2050 if we are to have even a 50% chance of preventing temperatures from exceeding preindustrial levels by more than 2 degrees, considered by many to be the tipping point for catastrophic and irreversible climate change.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/sep/16/climate-change-health">Continue reading...</a>HealthDoctorsPovertySocietyCopenhagen climate change conference 2009Climate changeGreenhouse gas emissionsEnvironmentWorld newsUnited NationsUK newsGlobal climate talksWed, 16 Sep 2009 06:00:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/sep/16/climate-change-healthHAYDN WEST/PAReducing carbon dioxide emissions is the key to keep temperatures under control. Photograph: Haydn West/PAMichael Jay and Michael Marmot2009-09-16T06:00:05ZTackling carbon emissions should be more than an afterthoughthttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/apr/03/tackling-carbon-emissions-housing
The environment will benefit from tackling emissions in existing housing stock, say Richard Capie and Colin Butfield<p>With G20 leaders meeting in London this week, debate continues to centre on next steps in tackling global recession. But for all the talk in the lead-up to the summit about a shift towards a low carbon economy, the pace of change looks incremental at best.</p><p>Unfortunately, tackling carbon emissions continues to be seen as an additional but necessary burden to economic growth, rather than being recognised as a sustainable solution to stimulating economic activity in these troubled times.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/apr/03/tackling-carbon-emissions-housing">Continue reading...</a>HousingCommunitiesSocietyGreenhouse gas emissionsEnvironmentFri, 03 Apr 2009 11:59:28 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/apr/03/tackling-carbon-emissions-housingGuardianEnsuring proper insulation in existing housing stock would be a good way to tackle carbon emissions. Photograph: Graham TurnerGuardianPhotograph: Graham TurnerRichard Capie and Colin Butfield2009-04-03T11:59:28Z